Nelly Hunt

Hi everyone here's the last blog. Sunday 4th After the rather unfortunate incident with the irate Swiss bloke we drove off and crossed over the Rhine at Schaffhausen Switzerland, after just a few miles we were soon into Germany and heading into the black forest. We were familiar with this area having been here 3 years ago so we decided to revisit a camp site we stayed on back in 2008 in the city of Freiburg. Being back on familiar territory and meeting up with familiar travellers in Glen and Linda who after having had 4 months back in the UK were out for a summer trip, we made plans to stay in Freiburg for 4 days. Over those days we walked around the lovely city with it's medieval old town and it's streamlets that run ... read more

Hi all, Friday 3rd June The final toll road of Italy took us around the NE corner and through the slither of Italian land that lies between the Alps and the Adriatic sea, we headed on via Trieste and down to the border. The first border crossing was into Slovenia and as Slovenia is now in the EU we didn't need to stop so we drove straight in to add another country to our list. Today we were just passing through Slovenia so after around 30 mins or so driving along a busy stretch of road we came to our second border crossing, into Croatia. Here we had to show our passports which was a first since Gibraltar but with no troubles we drove in and yet another new country was added, it was also a ... read more

Hi all, Friday 6th May. Our drive out of Tuscany and into Lazio took us through the Le Crete area, we passed the eye-catching site of Monptepulciano before we arrived on the northern outskirts of the city at Camping Tiber. After a fairly long drive we decided to relax by the pool for the rest of the afternoon and plan the days ahead in Rome. Saturday 7th. That morning the camp site shuttle bus took us to Prima Port station from where the train went direct to Rome and to the Piazza Popolo. The plan was to just wander around the town all day, get our bearings and decide what we'd like to see and visit when the weekend crowds had headed home, so off we went. We walked around all afternoon and got our bearings ... read more

Hi all, Monday 18th April. The long drive wasn't that bad at all. We followed the 'Route de Vins' through Provence passing by countless vineyards, driving below the Verdon hills and over the switchback roads of the Maures hills down to Port Grimaud. Arriving at this site it was clear that the Easter holidays across Europe were in full swing as the place was very busy. Locals, many Germans and some Italians filled the smart chalets and the motor-home area was also very busy. Coming out of a winter period where the kids were usually the only kids on site this place seemed packed to us. The camp site, Prairies de la Mer has everything required and is right on the beach, it is also just a short walk into the town. Port Grimaud is a ... read more

Hi all, Wednesday 23rd March Leaving Vilanova i La Geltru and the Costa Dorada behind we hit the road and travelled first along the short coast of the Costa del Garraf then straight through the middle of Barcelona. We then joined the coast road along another small costa, the Costa del Maresme (no I'd never heard of them both either) which took us through the resorts of Calella and Malgrat de Mar before we arrived at Blanes. Blanes is quite a big resort with 2 nice beaches and a nice town centre and looked like it would be busy in the summer months. We stayed here for 3 days, for the first 2 we explored the area on bike, cycling along the prom and around the town. On our 3rd day we jumped on the local ... read more